COMSATCOM service technical baseline strategy development approach using PPBW concept

Tien M. Nguyen; Andy T. Guillen

doi:10.1117/12.2223287

13 May 2016 COMSATCOM service technical baseline strategy development approach using PPBW concept

Tien M. Nguyen, Andy T. Guillen

Proceedings Volume 9838, Sensors and Systems for Space Applications IX; 983807 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2223287
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2016, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

This paper presents an innovative approach to develop a Commercial Satellite Communications (COMSATCOM) service Technical Baseline (TB) and associated Program Baseline (PB) strategy using Portable Pool Bandwidth (PPBW) concept. The concept involves trading of the purchased commercial transponders’ Bandwidths (BWs) with existing commercial satellites’ bandwidths participated in a “designated pool bandwidth”³ according to agreed terms and conditions. Space Missile Systems Center (SMC) has been implementing the Better Buying Power (BBP 3.0) directive⁴ and recommending the System Program Offices (SPO) to own the Program and Technical Baseline (PTB) [1, 2] for the development of flexible acquisition strategy and achieving affordability and increased in competition. This paper defines and describes the critical PTB parameters and associated requirements that are important to the government SPO for “owning” an affordable COMSATCOM services contract using PPBW trading concept. The paper describes a step-by-step approach to optimally perform the PPBW trading to meet DoD and its stakeholders (i) affordability requirement, and (ii) fixed and variable bandwidth requirements by optimizing communications performance, cost and PPBW accessibility in terms of Quality of Services (QoS), Bandwidth Sharing Ratio (BSR), Committed Information Rate (CIR), Burstable Information Rate (BIR), Transponder equivalent bandwidth (TPE) and transponder Net Presence Value (NPV). The affordable optimal solution that meets variable bandwidth requirements will consider the operating and trading terms and conditions described in the Fair Access Policy (FAP).

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Tien M. Nguyen and Andy T. Guillen "COMSATCOM service technical baseline strategy development approach using PPBW concept", Proc. SPIE 9838, Sensors and Systems for Space Applications IX, 983807 (13 May 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2223287

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